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"You...!" Berserker shouted, his eyes suddenly firing up with internal anger. He probably remembered Gladius from the torturehouse fiasco, and the embarrassment he and Vigil caused him. "I remember you! You won't get away this time.!" Berserker rushed towards them. Gladius noted that the Aggron seemingly had higher speed, than before.

"Sword and Shield I have a..." Defender started to say, however, Gladius saw Berserker jumped and landed with such impact that the ground beside him cracked. Gladius staggered on his place, while Defender was pushed to the ground. This Earthquake is stronger than mine.

"Defender, are you alright?" Gladius shouted. He had no opportunity to look at Defender because Berserker fired off a Flash Cannon. Gladius knew how to dodge it, he saw how Vigil did it. He jumped from the side. However, like the instance in outside the torturehouse, Defender was hit, full-blast. He saw Defender pushed back into the wall, with a sickening crunch. "Defender!" Defender stood up and winced in pain. Something is wrong. Defender shot the Water Pulse, but using only hand.

"Now, you anger me," Gladius said. He charged up his Wild Charge. He rushed through Berserker, roaring in anger.

Beserker was impressed with the damage he had caused in the area with his last attack. Smoke filled the air, and no Pokemon stood within a few feet of him, either dead or knocked back by his immense strength. However, as he grinned, a Water Pulse hit him square in the back, making him stumble for a moment. The Aggron turned to see who shot the attack, and saw the Golduck Gold Tribe member still up. He growled, and ran at him, only to be hit by another Water Pulse attack. Beserker faltered briefly once more. Very few Pokemon were able to hold him off this successfully. He confirmed in his mind that the Gold Tribe's reputation preceded them.

"You'll regret that." Beserker said, charging for the Golduck, only to be his once more, this time with a large piece of rubble summoned by a Confusion. The piece of rubble landed right on his head, causing him to trip forward, and land on his face. It was momentary, though, and the Sentinel stood back up on his feet, and charged, fuming.

"Now, you anger me," He heard the Snorlax Gold Tribe member, who stood close to the Golduck say. Roaring, the Snorlax charged forward to meet the Aggron, who used his own Giga Impact to meet with the Snorlax's Wild Charge. The two collided for a moment, but the Sentinel's strength could not be denied, and after much grit, Beserker roared himself, and attempted to send the Snorlax back. Without seeing if the desired result had occurred, Beserker positioned himself at the Golduck now, and attempted to ram right into him with another Giga Impact.

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Zane used an Iron Head to ram straight through a group of incoming Ancients in the path to the rebel group. He didn't bother delivering the finishing blows to them, and left them for other Alpha Alliance soldiers to finish them off. An Aerodactyl swooped in from above, and targeted Zane, who didn't realize until Speculum shouted from behind.

"Vigil! Above you!" he shouted. Zane looked up quickly, and managed to narrowly avoid a deadly Fly attack from the Pokemon. The attack, however, still hit its mark, and Zane was sent back a few feet. Thankfully, because he prepared ahead of time, the blow was cushioned. Seeing the Aerodactyl come in for a second time, Zane prepared for the opportune moment, and jumped right on his back when he was close enough. He slashed at his exposed neck, and guided the Pokemon crashing into the ground below. Zane landed rigidly on one knee, and proceeded once more to the rebel location, following the trail of smoke to get there.

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As explosions were heard from above the surface, Hanso heard Vigil say, "This is it, brothers. If the worst shall come to pass, it has been my honor fighting with you. Fight well, or die well. For the Alpha Alliance, and Valkaria."

Seconds later, the surface broke open, and light shone through.

"TO WAR! FOR THE ALPHA ALLIANCE!"

Hanso charged out alongside the others, then turned and engaged two surprised Omastar and an Armaldo, slashing them with Leaf Blade. The Armaldo quickly recovered and slashed at Hanso with its claws, only to find empty air and recoil as Hanso struck with another Leaf Blade. One of the Omastar recovered from his surprise and curled up to roll at the Gallade, while the other charged up an Ice Beam and fired. Hanso jumped to one side to avoid the first Omastar's Rollout, then crossed his arm-blades to deflect part of the Ice Beam that shoved him back a couple feet. Sensing something behind and to the left, Hanso teleported to his right, avoiding the Crush Claw that the Armaldo was bringing down. It smashed into the ground, leaving the Ancient open for Hanso to throw a Psycho Cut up into the face, sending the Armaldo reeling from the critical strike.

Hanso sensed the first Omastar before it rolled into him at high speed, pushing him to the side and onto the ground. Hanso lied on the ground before he could breathe again, then jumped back up to face the Ancients again. The second Omastar sent spikes flying at him, while the first was coming around for another roll. The Armaldo had been set upon by Alpha Alliance soldiers who had jumped him while he was dazed. Hanso dodged and deflected the oncoming Spike Cannon, then jumped up and over the rolling Omastar as it approached. The Gallade created some illusionary copies of himself in a line, then charged with them at the second Omastar, who curled up into a Protect. The fake Gallades threw themselves at it and disappeared; as the Omastar uncurled after supposedly repelling them, Hanso brought a Leaf Blade down hard onto a crack he'd seen in the shell. The Omastar shrieked in pain before collapsing.

Hanso turned to face the rolling Omastar, who had just run over a few soldiers while turning again. His arm-blades glowed with Leaf Blades as he ran forward and jumped again, slashing at the Omastar as he passed over. Without turning to see the result, Hanso turned his attention to the surrounding field. No sign of the other Gold Tribe warriors; they were separated by the battle. The Gallade then turned and faced a Rampardos and Kabutops who charged him together.

The Rampardos attempted to Take Down Hanso, while the Kabutops enveloped itself with water and sped forward at him. Hanso sidestepped the Aqua Jet and met the Rampardos with a Night Slash, pushing each other back a few paces. Hanso created another double of himself to distract the Kabutops before charging the Rampardos, his armblades glowing with Night Slash. The Rampardos roared, creating a silver ball of AncientPower and firing it at Hanso, who slashed through with one blade and brought the other up into the Rampardos' chin. While it backed away in pain for a few seconds, Hanso took a few precious moments to mentally analyze himself. Charging through that energy had done some damage, mostly to his front and left arm.

Hanso turned his attention back to the Rampardos, who was now coming at him with head down in front. He vaulted over it, sending the Ancient charging into the Kabutops, who had just slashed through Hanso's illusionary double. Hanso took the moment to send a ball of white energy into the air, envisioning that it would hit the Kabutops. His armblades then glowed green as he turned to engage the two Ancients again. The Rampardos was on the ground where it had crashed; the Kabutops was coming at him with slashing scythes. Hanso met the slashes with his own blades, engaging the Kabutops for a few seconds before pivoting and striking it in the side under the arm. The Rampardos had just picked himself up and was now turning to face Hanso again. As the Kabutops recovered, Hanso's Future Sight appeared from the sky and brought it back down again.

As the Rampardos began charging again, a shriek brought Hanso's attention to the sky, where an Aerodactyl was Flying down at him. He teleported to one side moments before the Ancient would have struck, then quickly jumped up to land on the Aerodactyl's back, leaving the Rampardos to deal with empty air. Hanso pulled himself into a sitting position as the Aerodactyl struggled to fly back up with the extra weight of a passenger. The Gallade invaded its mind with his own; it took several seconds before the mental battle was over and Hanso could direct the Ancient to a glide above the battlefield.

The battle seemed to be equal, more or less, between the Alpha Alliance and the Ancients. Hanso could see, though, that the soldiers were not all united together, instead slowly breaking up. Plus, by now the Ancients were not so surprised and were fighting back now. A disturbance drew Hanso's attention to one side. He shook his head.

As predicted in the war meeting, the three Sentinels had arrived.

Hanso let go of the Aerodactyl's mind, encouraging it to immediately try and rid itself of its passenger. While doing so, the Aerodactyl flew closer to the ground. Hanso stood up and jumped off, falling down onto an unsuspecting Cradily. He struck the black area surrounding its eyes, sending it into a shriek of pain as he jumped down onto the ground, rolling to a stop. By now, his body was beginning to ache in several places, despite Hanso's deliberate ignorance of it.

While turning to view the battle again, Hanso spotted a flash of moving red. It was the Flareon, Ignitus, though she didn't seem to be actively engaging anyone. "Oy, over here, you lazy lump o' fur!" Hanso shouted, sending a crescent Psycho Cut flying at her. If only soldiers faced the Sentinel, then they would be fried.

Berserker met Gladius with a Giga Impact. Their collision was so intense, the ground beside them cracked. Berserker was, no doubt, a real brute. But, so is Gadius. For a second, both behemoths were locked in a stalemate, none of them could make the final push. Berserker gritted his teeth now, his hands on the palms of Snorlax. The Wild Charge and Giga Impact have died down, and both were simply relying on their raw force. Berserker roared and, gathering his strength, pushed Gladius backed, freeing himself. A Kabutops held Snorlax by the neck. It tried to slice through the Gold Tribe's members throat, but was immediately thrown back when Gladius elbowed him. Gladius then relased a flurry of strong punches, knocking the Kabutops down. Gladius glanced at Berserker again, seeing how he rushed to the injured Defender with another Giga Impact. If we were on the same side, I would have been impressed. A Giga Impact after another.

"No!" Gladius ran towards the Berserker, but he knew he would not reach him in time. Not enough speed. Gladius gritted his teeth, and prepared a Smack Down, hoping he would reach the Berserker in time. "Defender! Live up to your name and defend yourself!"

Right after he had sent the rubble at Beserker Penance felt considerably tired. He hunched over breathing heavily and took the time to rub his bracelet, "Come on. I need some help right now." Looking up Penance saw that Sword and Shield was face to face with Beserker and both were attempting to push back the other.

Sweat dripped down the Golduck's face as he placed his hand to his head and began to concentrate. Penance was a pokmon of honor and so when he sought out Vigil's mind with his psychic powers he didn't attempt to push inside. Back in the academy Penance had learned the unique art of communicating with his psychic powers. He wasn't a pure psychic so he couldn't perform the act over great distances but with all the fighting still on the first level of the city Penance hoped that Vigil was in range of his powers, and he was right. He layed just a simple message, "Vigil! Sword and Shield and I are fighting Beserker. Need help! Will signal you somehow!"

Just sending those few words alone caused the Golduck's head to reel and for a bried moment as he thought he was going to throw up. Instead he looked up and saw Beserker starting to charge at him with a Giga Impact. Penance had never fought someone so strong before. He had fought Ignitus back at the prison but he had a major type advantage over her attacks. Penance had no such luxury against Beserker. As he watched the Sentinel come at him Penance felt his body freeze. This was it. If this attack hit him he would be out of the battle, it may even well kill him.

"Defender! Live up to your name and defend yourself!" Defender heard Sword and Shield's voice loud and clear and it snapped him out of his daze. Beserker was about to slam into Penance when the Golduck used all of his strength to leap out of the way. Penance rolled along the ground and came to a stop lying on his back. Pain flared up in his injured arm but the Golduck still managed to get up. Looking around Penance spotted some rubble. Stretching out his hand he grabbed it with a Confusion and flung it up into the air as high as he could and began to spin it in mid-air. Come on Vigil, see the signal, Penance thought desperately. I can only hold it up for so long.

Ever since the Silver Tribe had risen to power, she had searched high and low for others of the Gold Tribe with no results. When she'd been tipped off that there were rebels in Eternity City she had hurried to join them in the hopes that someone from the Gold tribe would be there, but with no such luck. Instead, she had remained with them, thinking it to be the best way to look for them. Sure enough, they requested the help of the small group of rebels to cause a distraction so the Alpha Alliance could attack Eternity City.

Now, here she was, Daricka "Wildfire" Cambar of the Gold Tribe, fighting alongside the rebels, struggling to hold back the onslaught of Ancients that was slowly closing in on them. The Infernape barraged a Kabutops with well placed kicks, punches, and lashes of the tail. When the water-and-rock-type made the mistake of lashing out at Daricka with one its razor sharp scythes - and thereby letting its guard down - she leaped over its head, her tail wrapping around its neck. When Daricka hit the ground behind the Kabutops, she wrapped her tail tighter in a crushing grip that choked the life out of the Ancient. She then flung her cargo into an incoming Aerodactyl, causing it to to lose balance and tumble out of control before crashing into the ground close-by. Not giving the Ancient dragon time to recover, she quickly grabbed its head and bent it backwards, twisting it to the right at the same time. There was a satisfying crack as the beast's neck snapped.

Daricka stood atop its head, breathing hard from her exertion. Moving speedily may get the job done, but to much quick work could wear one out. I must remember to pace myself better," she thought as she dove back down to ground to avoid being hit by a Water Pulse. Backing up until she was under the shelter of her recently fallen foe's wing, she cast a careful glance around in case her attempt at hiding had been noticed. For the moment, it seemed it had not. Ducking quickly back, out of view of enemy eyes, she say cross legged in the cramped space. She closed her eyes and took on a meditative stance. Her body glowed brightly as she used Calm Mind, elongating the moves time period to make up for lost energy. Deciding that anymore delay could get her discovered, she opened her eyes, the glow fading from her body as she crawled back out. Maybe Calm Mind wouldn't heal her bodily injuries, but it never failed to revitalize and sooth her.

She went instantly back into the fray, trying to use Close Combat and Flare Blitz as little as possible in an attempt to conserve her regained energy. A ball of glowing white energy hit her square in the back, causing her to stumble into the X-Scissor of an Armaldo, most of the damage coming from it's sharp claws rather than the bug-type move. Daricka grabbed onto the giant bug's arm behind its claws before it could retract them and hefted the Pokemon into the the Kabutops that had fired the Ancient Power at her, following it up with a Focus Blast before going on to her next opponent. Hopefully help would arrive soon... She doubted either she or the rebels would be able to keep this up for much longer.

Zane headed towards the rebel location. Time was of the essence. If they didn't get to them soon, they would be cut off from the army, and there would be no way of breaking through later on. Just then, a voice flooded his mind. He recognized it as the voice of Defender.

"Vigil! Sword and Shield and I are fighting Beserker. Need help! Will signal you somehow!"

Zane stopped running as he heard the message. A moment later, he saw a piece of rubble in the distance, spinning in middair. Speculum stopped as well, and spoke to Zane.

"What's wrong, Vigil?" He asked.

"Defender is fighting Beserker. Over there." He said, pointing to the area where the piece of rubble went into the air.

"Damn! Ah...alright! I'll go help Calamity and the rebels, you go help Defender fight off Beserker!"

Zane nodded, and headed towards the direction of the rubble.

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Beserker watched as the Golduck of the Gold Tribe managed to move out of the way in the last minute. However, Beserker could not stop himself, and the Aggron crashed into the wall, partially injuring himself in the process, while also destroying the wall there.

Beserker turned to the direction of the Golduck, and prepared to attack it once more. However, a moment later, he took a blind hit from a Smack Down sent by the Snorlax Gold Tribe member. The resulting hit sent Beserker to the ground once more.

Now he was mad. The Pokemon got up again, upset at the number of times the two Pokemon managed to injure him, but also impressed that they were able to do so.

"I'll admit, you two are the best challenge I've had since that battle in Gold City. It's certainly been a while! But now playtime is over. Get ready for a real fi-"

Beserker never got to finish his sentence, as a second later, Zane came crashing at him with an Iron Head straight to the back, sending him to part of the same wall he had just knocked down with Giga Impact and attack earlier. Zane landed on one knee, and pointed to the Aggron now lying on the ground as he spoke.

"You'd better get comfortable there on the ground, Beserker, because you're going to be spending the whole day there!"

Zane backed up next to Defender and Sword and Shield as Beserker began to get up and approach the three Gold Tribe members. Zane began speaking to them as the brute was en route.

"This Sentinel is too powerful for any one of us, but if we unite, and combine our strengths together, we can overcome him. Prepare yourselves, brothers!"

Zane got into a stance, and prepared for the oncoming battle as he initiated a Swords Dance. It was all or nothing against the Sentinel Beserker.

Beserker chooses to strike first running at the three, before stopping and jumping into the air, initiating another powerful Earthquake.

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Speculum led the way through the Ancients from behind. Luckily, many still were unsuspecting of the major battle erupted behind them, and were often caught off guard as the battalion of Pokemon made a push to get to the rebels. The Ditto Gold Tribe member, who chose to fight as a Grovyle, used a Leaf Blade as he took down an unsuspecting Kabuto. Ancients began to turn to face them from behind, but it was too little, too late, especially with a Gold Tribe member in the lead. This was, after all, what a Gold Tribe member lived for, the front lines of a battlefield was like a second home to them.

After making a direct push through a group of Omanytes, Speculum found himself close to where other Pokemon were fighting. They were entrenched, and soon to be completely surrounded if they didn't get moving. He spotted Calamity fighting among the rebels, his Gold Tribe insignia shining brightly in the sun. Speculum also saw an Infernape. Strangely, it seemed to have a Gold Tribe emblem as well. Another survivor of the Gold Tribe? Speculum could hope, but wasn't sure just yet. He'll find out later.

Then Speculum saw another Pokemon battling close by the rebels. By his stature and body proportion, it appeared to be a Zangoose, but he wasn't sure, as the Pokemon was hooded and cloaked in black. However, on the Pokemon's belt was displayed a gold emblem of the Gold Tribe. Only Adam "Rey" Reed wore it there. Could this "Rey" really be their fallen leader? He would soon find out. Speculum and the Alpha Alliance forces approached the rebels after clearing the immediate area of Ancients, but more were soon to be on the way.

"Hey rebels! We cleared the area, but if we don't get out of here soon and join the rest of the army, we're going to get cut off! Come on, we've cleared a way for now!"

He spoke with impatience, as he always was a bit impatient, but the situation merited such behavior. The rebel leader "Rey" looked at the other rebels and nodded to the Ditto.

Speculum managed to get a few words with Calamity as they began running back into the action and out of the entrenched space.

"Hey Calamity, good to see you alright. Say, is the Infernape..."

"Gold Tribe." Calamity responded with a smile. Speculum returned a grin, staring back at the Infernape for a moment and giving her a quick nod. He then asked something else pressing of the Absol.

"...And this Rey, is he Adam 'Rey' Reed?" Speculum asked. However, before he could get a reply, Ancients began coming after the rebel's position, and attempted to surround and defeat them.

"We'll talk later!" Calamity said. "Make a path! Take out the Ancients!" He yelled, as he went in for a Night Slash on a Bastiodon. Speculum engaged the Ancients as well, as did the rest of the rebels. He saw 'Rey' begin fighting off a Rampardos with relative ease from the corner of his eye.

He moved like the Gold Tribe leader. He fought like the Gold Tribe leader. Was it really Adam 'Rey' Reed?

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Penance was gasping as he held his signal up. With all the damage he had taken from Beserker just holding up a rock was proving a challenge. He managed it hold it for a few more seconds before his strength gave out and the rock fell. The Golduck groaned and forced his body to turn and face Beserker. Beserker had just been smacked by Sword and Shield and as the Aggron got up Penance could see pure rage on the Sentinel's face.

"I'll admit, you two are the best challenge I've had since that battle in Gold City. It's certainly been a while! But now playtime is over. Get ready for a real fi-" Beserker was cut off when Vigil appeared and hit him dead on with and Iron Head. The Aggron fell backwards as Vigil landed on one knee, "You'd better get comfortable there on the ground, Beserker, because you're going to be spending the whole day there!"

Penance would have chuckled if his chest wasn't on fire. Beserker got back up as Vigil gathered with them, "This Sentinel is too powerful for any one of us, but if we unite, and combine our strengths together, we can overcome him. Prepare yourselves, brothers!" It was a few moments later when the Earthquake shook the ground. Penance cried out in pain as his chest hit the floor yet again. For a brief second total blackness engulfed Penance's vision. He blinked furiously as his vision cleared. Slowly the Golduck lifted himself up. His arm suddenly felt numb, in fact all of his wounds seemed to be numbed. He felt the last of his power gather up and he realized his adrenaline was in overdrive. It was now or never.

Penance held out his good hand and forced out a water pulse. He then fired another one, and another. He fired out a total of seven before he formed his last one and began to infuse his psychic powers into it. Sweat dripped down his face and he felt his knees shaking. His stomach boiled and he felt like throwing up but he persisted until the water pulse was three times its normal size. Panting heavily he aimed right at the Sentinel, "My final stand," he whispered and threw his attack at Beserker, except it wouldn't be right to call it a water pulse. "WATER BOMB!", shouted the Golduck as he threw it right at the Sentinel. With all his spare psychic energy infused into it if it hit into Beserker it would explode not only with the energy from the water but also hit him with a good dose of psychic energy.

The Golduck groaned as he suddenly felt very tired, "Kick his a**..." he muttered before he fell with a loud thud onto the ground as he slipped into unconsciousness.

Ignitus heard someone yell, above the din of the battle, and then a flash of purple light sruck her in the side as she was running and spun her 90 degrees, which convieniently put her adversary in view. It had been a psyco cut, and particulary powerful as well. Only a memeber of Gold Tribe could be so strong. Not that the attack hurt too much, Ignitus was able to take immense amounts of pain and damage without it hindering her ability to fight. Although, the faster she got this battle over with the better. She wanted to save her strength, this would not be the last battle.

She took a moment to study her opponent. He was a Gallade, slightly shorter it seemed. Various scars laced his body, which was not unusual for any who made their life in battles. What was interesting though was his eyes, one red, the other gray. He also carried a bracer on his arm, armed with a large claw attatched to it. No doubt the claw would be used against Ignitus, she would have to figure out a way around it.

As she was studying her opponent, her eyes locked with his, an Ancient started to charge at the Gallade. Ignitus immediately broke eye contact with the Gallade and snapped at the pokemon, "STOP! He is mine!" The Ancient backed off, obviously not eager to upset a Sentienl. Ignitus looked back at the Gallade, then started to attack.

Her strategy was quite simple, get inside his guard. The bracer on his arm was unwieldly, and would slow him down, especially on that arm. If she got closer to the Gallade, it would become more awkward for his to try to counter with the bracer. She would have to unbalance him before going in for any close range attacks first though, get him off his guard and stun him for a moment.

Ignitus quickly used a flamethrower, expecting that the Gallade would block it with his bracer, or dodge out of the way. If anything, the flamethrower was more to blind the pokemon, and keep him from seeing properly for a moment. After a moment she ended the flamethrower and searched for the figure of the Gallade in the quickly clearing smoke of the last attack. She found the figure, and launched four shadow balls at it, then used flame charge to attack the Gallade physically. Right before she struck, she also used superpower in addition to the flame charge, hoping to do as much damage as possible and end the battle quickly.

Kivir was disappointed in his failure in thinking up the command structure plan before the battle, but he needed to get his mind off the past and focused on the present. Looking around he watched the Alpha Alliance troops pushing back the ancients in this area. They were winning this skirmish but would they win the battle? The rest of the ancients still had several defenses to penetrate and they outnumbered the Alpha Alliance and Gold Tribe members. Thinking for a moment Kivir came up with a plan. Looking around he found a familiar face in the form of a Dragonite.

“General, I have a plan that requires several brave Alpha Alliance soldiers. I need two psychic types, two Zoruas or Zoroarks, some of your best diggers, and two Pokemon with earthquake. The plan is to split these groups up into two strike teams. We will take advantage of the chaos and the fact the enemy’s focus is on the main force. With the Zorua or Zoroarks covering us with illusions the small groups should be able to go fairly unnoticed to the inner wall since the main army and the Gold Tribe will keep their main attention here. There the diggers will dig under the inner wall. Each team will dig under a different section, then we earthquake the sections with weakened foundations. The desired result is to make these sections collapse since their foundations will be dug out. Hopefully this will negate their defensive advantage, so when we reach the inner walls we already have an opening to charge through and not be forced to fight their forces while trying to break through the wall,” said Kivir in a whisper so only the General could hear. The plan was risky, but he knew the enemy would be more focused on the Gold Tribe and the main force and hopefully the enemy wouldn’t expect a small strike team of regular soldiers to try something so bold.

The power of the Earthquake was undeniable. The ground rupture and shook as the three Gold Tribe members prepared to meet the attack. Zane lost his balance, and collapsed for a moment. He felt pain rush to his side, and looked over there to notice small amounts of blood present. Zane could hear his ears ringing, and tried to get up, but struggled for a moment. He suddenly saw Beserker approaching them closer now, but was his by a Water Pulse. He stumbled, but approached once more, before being hit again, and stumbling. Then again, and again and again. Zane looked to see the source from Defender. It was beyond impressive to see how many he was able to dish out, as if the will to go on had taken over him and began forcing his hand. Beserker, needless to say, was unable to repel the attacks, and was faltering. Defender was giving it everything he had.

He then formed a completely new attack three times the size. He barely heard Defender whisper something under his breathe, then with a loud shout, uttered, "WATER BOMB!" The enormous pulse of water fired at Beserker, who had neither the maneuverability nor the energy to get out of the way or block. He yelled as the attack impacted him, and a large splash of energy and water could be seen emanating from it.

This was the power of the Gold Tribe.

When the attack subsided, he heard Defender groan. Zane got up and approached him, hearing him say his final words before getting knocked out.

"Kick his a**..."

Zane would oblige. He turned to Beserker to see him panting heavily on the ground, and unable to get up at the moment. Zane yelled at Sword and Shield.

"Brother! Defender has given us an opportunity we should not ignore! Let's end him!" Zane yelled, and prepared a Swords Dance and charged Beserker, hoping Sword and Shield was right next to him, ready to unleash hell on Beserker.

Meanwhile Beserker struggled to move, and began pleading heavily.

"Hey, no need for that! I'm....I'm done! Just let me go, and I'll get out of your way, hey, come on! I'm on the ground here...DAMN IT!"

Zane and Sword and Shield were close, and closing in, about to unleash everything they had left on the Sentinel.

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Hazone spotted a Breloom approached him, and began speaking of a plan to enter the inner wall more effectively. Hazone nodded.

"Risky but sound. Zane mentioned you before about wanted some Psychic Pokemon, so I have gathered, but come with me, and we'll find the rest you need for the plan." Hazone said.

Together, Hazone order the gathering of the required Pokemon. Two Psychic Pokemon, a Kadabra and a Kirlia, as well as a Zorua and a Zoroark were present. There was also a three Dugtrio, a Golem, a Rampardos and an Excadrill. Hazone looked them over as they were gathered, and before issuing the order, he looked at the Breloom, and smile.

"Kivir, was it? This is your plan. You should take charge of them. I'm promoting you to Chief of the Alpha Alliance. I'll alert General Belas and the others of your plan. You have to lead these groups through the inner wall, and execute the plan. Good luck, and show no fear."

Hazone took off hoping the Breloom would be successful in his risky plan.

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During the moments that the Flareon studied him, Hanso studied her. Ignitus seemed a little bigger than other Flareons he'd seen, and the left side of her face was covered with fur that extended from her head. Her fur looked smooth and reflected some sunlight, indicating that it had been cleaned and groomed. Hanso noticed a shard hanging around Ignitus' neck, but it didn't appear to serve a purpose. Another note of interest, though with no regard to combat, was that Ignitus' visible eye was a dark shade of purple.
Her left eye was covered, so she would be blind on that side. Like the average Flareon, she looked about half Hanso's own height. Thinking back to the day of the jailbreak, it was apparent to Hanso that she would likely use fire as a blinder with a follow-up attack or seven, assuming it was a habit of hers. Hanso also remembered that he'd seen a Shadow Ball during the jailbreak; it wasn't likely that the Mienshao had fired it at the time. Lotta teleporting ahead, Hanso thought grimly.

Hanso's armblades glowed purple as he heard something coming his way. "STOP! He is mine!" Ignitus snapped. Hanso turned his head to look at the Ancient, who was now backing away.

He shouldn't have looked away. Hanso immediately turned back to find a Flamethrower coming at him. He jumped and rolled to one side to avoid the flames, but a good part of them still made contact. He'd let his guard down, he shouldn't have looked away. Hanso finished his roll by coming back to his feet as the fire ended, then created and sent off a blue ball of energy into the sky, to hit Ignitus later, before four Shadow Balls came his direction. Hanso dodged the first Shadow Ball, sliced through the second, and ducked around the third. The fourth hit him, pushing him back to face Ignitus' Flame Charge.

Instead of attempting to avoid contact, Hanso moved forward and used the Flareon as a base for vaulting over her, ignoring the damage which the flames did to his hand. He landed in a crouch on the ground behind Ignitus, then spun around and threw a Psycho Cut at her back. After loosing that attack, Hanso created four illusionary copies of himself and stood in a line with them, waiting for Ignitus' next move.
There hadn't been time to spot any weak points on the Flareon, other than the eyes, which were obvious points in any case. The face itself was, for some Pokemon, softer than the rest of the body, more prone to pain. A good knock to the head, if powerful enough, could give a concussion to some.

No matter what, though, fighting a Sentinel...not easy. Hanso suspected that he would have to call in backup soon.

Relief washed over Daricka when Alpha Alliance soldiers came at the Ancients from behind, though it didn't show in her expression. Fending off a Kabutops' Hydro Pump with a Focus Blast, her eyes scoured the incoming forces for any Gold Tribe members. Satisfaction showed on her face when she caught sight of one, not counting the Absol that was already fighting alongside the rebels.

A shout to clear out barely reached Daricka's ears from the newly arrived Gold Tribe member. She slammed her fist into the face of a Rampardos as it charged her before back-flipping out of the way - so as to keep it in view in case it charged her. Sure enough, it came at her with a Head Smash, which she effectively dodged by jumping up, boosting herself up and over the Ancient by pushing off of it's head. It skidded to a stop and turned, but it wasn't fast enough to dodge Daricka's Focus Blast. It was thrown back, recovering only to find that the Infernape had left to join its comrades.

Daricka jogged steadily through the crowd of rebels, getting as close to the front as she could. She caught the Grovyle - though she doubted that was its real form - nodding at her and nodded back in recognition.

A small pinprick of happiness surfaced. Finally she would be able to fight side-by-side her brothers and sisters of the Gold Tribe once again. She pushed through the crowd of quickly moving Pokemon until she was right on the front lines. Though her muscles ached, she felt somehow renewed in knowing that she wasn't alone anymore.

Defender was knocked out, the barrage of attacks of Berserker took the greatest toll on him.

"Kick his a**..." Defender managed to mutter before passing out. Gladius shuddered at the thought of his fallen friend. Losing one Gold Tribe member is a bog thing, and it may suddenly turn the tides against their favor. With the Sentinels also on the field, it would be hard to win in the first place. And with Defender fainted on the ground, the difficulty just increased tenfold.

"Brother! Defender has given us an opportunity we should not ignore! Let's end him!" Zane shouted at Gladius. He saw him rush to Berserker who, at one point, was knocked down to the ground. He saw Zane prepared a Swords Dance, twisting in mid-air, his swords glinting in the sunlight. Gladius, however, dragged Defender behind a huge rock.

"I will come back for you brother. Just rest there, and be safe," Gladius said. Defender groaned in his unconscious state. He then followed Defender's lead. Gladius roared (he found it nerve-relaxing now) and prepared a Return, his hands balled into a fist, ready to pound Berserker. He heard him plead.

"Hey, no need for that! I'm....I'm done! Just let me go, and I'll get out of your way, hey, come on! I'm on the ground here...DAMN IT!"

"No! You will pay for your atrocious behavior! Tell that to your leader!" His fists landed on the Aggron's steel armor. Gladius managed to put a dent on the armor, a mighty feat, considering how sturdy an Aggron's armor is known. "That is for Liberty Town! And this..." His hands balled again.

Zane was on fast approach to Beserker, who at this point pleaded with his life. Zane was in no mood to oblige. Neither was Gladius.

"No! You will pay for your atrocious behavior! Tell that to your leader!" Gladius said, landing fists on Beserker. "That is for Liberty Town! And this..." He landed another one.

"This is for you abandoning the tribe!" He impacted the Aggron once more. Beserker screamed in pain. Now it was Zane's turn. He impacted him heavily with a Sword Dance-infused Iron Head. Zane's head landed right on the chest of the downed Pokemon, causing a cave-in of his armor, and cough up blood.

Zane back away from Beserker, and prepared to launch another Night Slash. To his surprise, though, Beserker began to laugh.

"Ha......hahahahaha....." He began, with obvious difficulty as blood flowed from wounds delivered by the three Gold Tribe members.

"You think this is over? Ha....You think any of this will help? Even....ugh....even if you defeat me, and take Eternity....even if you somehow defeat the other Sentinels, and make it all the way to Silver City....hahaha...there is still...Auron, and none of you...ugh ahaha....none of you can defeat him. He cannot be stopped, he cannot be fought...hahahahahahahaha....ugh....HAHAHAHAHAHA-"

Beserker was cut off as Zane delivered a Guillotine attack upon him. Beserker struggled with the wound for a few seconds, then stopped moving, silent forevermore. Zane leaned into the Aggron's body, and placed an arm on his body as he muttered words to him.

"So you pass, Alex Ares, "Armoid", from this world. May your spirit find peace in the halls of immortality..."

Zane got up, and turned to Gladius and spoke.

"Come on, brother. This battle isn't over yet." He said, as he prepared to move on. Zane shot a look at Defender, whose body was already beginning to be tended to by a Chansey. "Defender is tough. He'll be back, once he's healed, he'll catch up to us. We have to go see if the rebels are alright."

Zane ran through back into the heart of the battle. The city had now been erupted into chaos, as fighting occurred everywhere, but Zane knew they would be able to keep this up forever. They had to proceed to take the city before the Ancients overrun. Zane charged with an Iron Head on an unsuspecting Rampardos as he fought once more. He noticed his energy was greatly exhausted because of his fight with Beserker, but he persisted nonetheless. A Kabuto and three Omanyte enclosed around Zane as they prepared to attempt to overwhelm him. Zane did his best to avoid their attacks, and countered. He launched an Aerial Ace on the Kabuto, sending him backwards, before turning his attention to the other three. Getting hit on the back with a water gun from the Omanyte, Zane grunted, but turned and hit him with a Night Slash. As the other two attempted to subdue him, Zane knocked them back with an Iron Head. He panted, observing the fallen Pokemon before him. When he was sure they were fallen, he moved on.

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Calamity and Speculum wearily fought, but they had finally successfully made a path out of the surrounded area, back to the heart of the battlefield. Calamity looked around.

"We should find Vigil and the others!" Speculum yelled, as an Aerodactyl swooped in and tried to lift the Grovyle-Ditto off his feet. Calamity and Speculum double-teamed the Aerodactyl with a Thunder/Razor Leaf Combo. The Ancient was out of the sky in seconds.

"Any sign of the others beforehand?" Calamity said back to Speculum. The two narrowly avoided a Slash from a Kabutops. Calamity hopped to the side as Speculum jumped into the air. Calamity used a Night Slash, as Speculum finished it off with a Leaf Blade.

"Vigil was with Defender, last I saw! I haven't seen TrueStrike, Sword and Shield or Hoodhide for a while now!"

Suddenly, the two spotted a blast of fire erupted from the side of the battlefield, quite a distance away. Calamity squinted his eyes, wondering who it could be. No one could release such powerful fire attacks unless it was a Gold Tribe member or...

"Ignitus." Calamity said. He squinted more, and saw a Gallade engaged with her. "TrueStriker's with her! I'll go help him out, you guys go find the others!"

"Come on, sister. Let's find our brothers!" The Grovyle-Ditto said, turning to Daricka. Unfortunately, it didn't seem that would be immediately possible as a large group of Ancients surrounded the rebels, hindering further progress. The Infernape charged forward with the Ditto, her flames flaring up as she narrowed her eyes, fully focused on the battle at hand.

After gauging how much energy she could spare, she burst into dark blue flames and zipped ahead of her companion. She smriked a bit when the Bastiodon in front of her braced itself, no doubt expecting to be hit by the Flare Blitz. It was only partly right. Instead of slamming into the Ancient with the full power of the Flare Blitz attack - which probably wouldn't have done muchh with the Bastiodon's high defences - she grabbed the top of its shield-like head and flipped herslef up and over, her hands leaving scorch marks where she had grasped. She landed on its back, facing toward the back of its head. She wrapped her blazing hot hands around its neck, letting it struggle as her hands scorched throught the rock-hard skin until it had melted away enough that she dcould crush it with relative ease.

She would have stayed and finished the job rather than let the beast lay there, twitching as it slowly died, but a pair of Rampardos had other ideas as they harged toward her side-by-side with their heads low. Daricka jumped at the final moment, landing on their heads and pushing them into the ground. While they lay defensless, she used up the last few moments of the Flare Blitz, coming down hard on them with Close Combat.

'Anymore of those and I'll probably go into blaze mode,' she speculated as the dark flames retreated from her body back to the flickering fire atop her head.

Penance groaned as he regained consciousness. At first all he saw were shadows. The shadows slowly took shape and as he lifted his head his vision was enveloped by a bright light. Penance blinked his eyes furiously and noticed a shape moving near him. Penance managed to croak out a question, "Am I dead?"

Penance heard a chuckle, "No. Don't worry Mr. Gold Tribe, I have everything under control. Here, eat these. They'll speed the recovery process." The figure began to put something in his mouth and as Penance moved the object in his mouth he realized that it was a berry. Having no other choice than to trust the stranger Penance began to chew the berry and swallowed it. He felt a little relief flow into his injuries and he let out a relieved sigh that quickly turned to a cry of pain as the figure grabbed his arm. Penance nearly lept up but the figure held him down, "Hold on! I'm just putting it in a splint. I don't want you moving it around." Penance's eyesight was almost restored and he realized that the figure was a Chansey.

Due to his numerous injuries Penance didn't have the strength to even fight against the young soldier as she bent his arm over his chest. She wrapped his entire right arm in a cloth and used another piece of cloth and tied the two ends together. She raised his head and placed one end of the sling against the back of his neck and placed his wrist in the other end. Looking him over again the Chansey pressed against his ribs and he yelped, "I thought you were supposed to take the pain away!"

The Chansey shook her head, "Well, all you have is a broken arm and two broken ribs. You need more rest before you can head out there."

"All I'm saying is wait for a few minutes. In the meantime eat these oran berries. I'll let you go once these berries are gone."

Penance grumbled as he began to eat the berries. Looking around Penance noticed Beserker on the ground, dead. Penance sighed in relief and continued chucking berries down his throat hoping that he could get to his brothers in time.

Ignitus was not surpirsed when the Gallade dodged her physical attack, although she was somewhat surprised when he used her for leverage, even while she was blazing with heat from her flame charge. No doubt that would leave the Gallade with some burns on his hands. Not that it would matter much, both Gold and Silver Tribe members could endure great pain.

Ignitus skidded to a halt at the end of her attack, and spun around to find her foe, only to receive a glancing blow from another psycho cut. A glancing blow it may have been, but harde nontheless. The attack sent Ignitus skidding back a few more feet. She hadn't expected the Gold Tribe member to be so quick in releasing a counter attack, but she sould have expected it. By the time she recovered she found herself facing four Gallades, not just one anymore. Double team no doubt, if only she could figure out which one it was. Her enemy seemed to have stopped, waiting for her move, although Ignitus had no doubt that her opponent was up to some scheming.

Ignitus stared at the four Gallades for a moment, considering which one was the correct one, then just mentally shrugged. Then she threw out the most powerful overheat she could muster, hoping to inflict damage to the correct foe. The intense heat eminated from her, hundreds, if not thousands of degrees of heated air pulsed out from her, affecting both friend and foe around her, and most importantly, the Gallade. The correct Gallade stagered for a moment under such intense heat, and the copies faded into oblivion. That is what Ignitus loved about overheat, it was not particularly powerful, and against a Gold Tribe member it would do next to nothing, but it exposed them and left them weaker and distracted.

Now seeing her true foe, she launched another spray of shadow balls, if only to distract the Gallade, then she summoned her energy and used toxic on the Gallade. It would kill him slowly, but it would hinder him in battle and make him easier to defeat. If he did manage to escape her, the poison could keep him out of the battle later unless he found a healer. It would still slow the advance down though.

As Ignitus aimed her toxic at the Gallade, she noticed two things. The first was the fact that Beserker was lying on the ground with numorous gashes across his body, and Bold Tribe members standing around him. Beserker was dead. Oh well. The second was an absol charging straight towards her, probably another Gold Tribe member. After sending out the toxic, the thick poison shooting off towards the Gallade, she turned her attention to the absol, and launched a quick flame thrower in his direction, spraying the attack to create more of a wall of fire. It wouldn't hold for long, and the fire would burn out in a few seconds, but it would buy her precious time to asess the situation.

Hanso had a second to think, Oh, snap! before the Overheat flooded the area. He staggered back a couple paces, enduring the intense heat as best as he could. Hanso sensed that his copies were now gone. Likely that was the main goal of this heat. It wasn't particularly damaging, at least in the Gold Tribe warrior's case, but it still shifted his attention--

Hanso abruptly looked back up, now seeing Shadow Balls flying his way. Easier to dodge and slice through than to teleport, at the moment. Hanso was able to dodge a few of the Shadow Balls, while two struck him and pushed him back. He realized that this was the biggest danger to him in fighting Ignitus; if a few more hit, then Hanso would likely be out of commission for a while. The Gallade sliced through the last Shadow Ball, only to find thick poison coming right at him.

There wasn't even time to think anything at all as Hanso desperately tried to spin to the left. Not enough; his right forearm was covered with the toxic poison, immediately going to work. Hanso looked up as he heard something approaching. A Bastiodon was staggering closer, probably reeling from the Overheat. Hanso didn't care from what. He dashed over and struck the Ancient down before using its head-shield to quickly scrape off the poison that remained on his arm.

Once that was done, Hanso briefly rubbed his afflicted arm before whacking the Bastiodon again, frustrated. It didn't hurt so much at the moment, but he knew that the poison would take its toll over time, so long as it remained in his system. From the looks of the poison, Hanso suspected that it was worse than the average poison. He turned back to face Ignitus, who was spraying fire at... Hanso turned to look and found that Calamity, the Absol, was nearby. At least help is here, he thought. When's that Future Sight gonna hit? It was a strange feature of the attack: Hanso couldn't fire off a second one before the first hit.

His bracer was beginning to feel heavy. That was the one downside to it: enough fatigue, or poison, could make it weigh down more. Hanso's arm-blades glowed a bright purple, and he fired off several Psycho Cuts at Ignitus, their strength fueled by his own strength and will and frustration. There were several things Hanso could have said about Ignitus during those moments. After firing off the last Psycho Cut, Hanso extended his mind to find that of Calamity. After making mental contact on the surface, enough to send a telepathic message, Hanso relayed to the Absol, Watch out for poison. Don't expect me to stick around for too long.

With that out of the way, Hanso then created several illusionary copies of himself and charged with them, arm-blades still glowing purple, at Ignitus. The copies wouldn't do any damage at all, they were just distractions. Hanso didn't expect Ignitus to be able to discern the real from the fakes in the seconds she had.

Damn, he thought in his mind. He had hoped to get the drop on the Sentinel and get a good hit or two before she could recover and hit back, but it wasn't the case. Instead, Calamity was faced with a spraying of Flamethrower heading his direction. He did his best to dodge the bulk of the attack, but the Sentinel's execution and speed was much greater than his own. The attack hit his mark, and the Absol grunted in pain, a slight burn developing on the side of his front left foot. Fortunately, the main point of the attack was to keep Calamity away, so it was not aimed directly at the Absol.

Fire was around the area, and Calamity was at an impasse for a moment as he waited for the fire to die down. As he waited, he could hear TrueStriker's telepathy at work.

Watch out for poison. Don't expect me to stick around for too long.

It gave enough info to know that Ignitus has poison attacks, so when the wall of fire died down, he would need to avoid both her fire attacks and poison ones. It also suggestion Hanso might have been poison.

As the flames died down, Calamity saw the Gallade charging in with double team clones at the Flareon. Calamity decided to assist now, aiming at the Sentinel with a powerful Thunder. The attack charged around the Absol, and was release in a bolt of yellow energy, as fast as...well, lightning.

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Speculum attacked a charging Bastiodon with a Razor Leaf, but it only slowed him down. The Pokemon kept charging, and Speculum launched another Razor Leaf. The Pokemon was finally brought down, but a Carracosta was right next to him. Speculum launched a Leaf Blade at the Pokemon, and it immediately fell too. Speculum smirked confidently. Most of the Ancients were rock and water types, perfect against his Grovyle form.

Unfortunately, strong as his attacks may be, it didn't help if more kept coming at him. Many were still quite strong. As the Carracosta fell, a Kabutops, a Rampardos, and an Omastar went in from behind. Not being quick enough to react, Speculum settled with aiming for them individually, and would suffer the burden of enduring the other two's attacks afterward. He aimed for the Carracosta, bringing it down relatively quickly, but the other two overwhelmed him and force him back with a Slash and a Take Down. Speculum fell hard on the ground.

"Oww..." He muttered to himself. "That's what I get for gloating..." The Two Ancients closed in, preparing to deliver another set of attacks. Speculum raised his arm in hopes of cushioning the blows, closing his eyes and covering them as he prepared for the hits.

They never came. Speculum heard two swipes, and when he opened his eyes, the Pokemon were on the ground, and "Rey" had his claws raised in a pose. The Rebel leader turned to the awestruck Speculum, and offered him a hand up. Speculum accept, and as he stood, Speculum thought he caught a smile on the hooded face.

"Thanks." Speculum said. "Rey" simply nodded, then pointed to the far side of the battle. The Ditto-Grovyle squinted his eyes to see what he was pointing at to see it was Zane and Gladius fighting off foes.

"Right! Let's rejoin Vigil and Sword and Shield!"

"Rey" nodded again, and darted forward.

He's fast, thought Speculum in his mind. Replicus charged behind him, and the two Pokemon wreaked havoc on Ancients in their way. The other rebel Pokemon followed behind in their footsteps.

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Berserker coughed up blood on Gladius' second punch. Vigil came in and, with a Swords Dance boosted Iron Head, finished him off. The Berserker was down, and by no means would it be able to stand up once more. His armor was besmirched with grime and blood. Gladius was sure this would be some of the last breaths of the Sentinel. Berserker was dying.

"You think this is over? Ha....You think any of this will help? Even....ugh....even if you defeat me, and take Eternity....even if you somehow defeat the other Sentinels, and make it all the way to Silver City....hahaha...there is still...Auron, and none of you...ugh ahaha....none of you can defeat him. He cannot be stopped, he cannot be fought...hahahahahahahaha....ugh....HAHAHAHAHAHA-" whatever Berserker, no... Armoid was going to say was lost. Vigil immediately executed the double-dealing Gold Tribe member with a Guillotine.

"So you pass, Alex Ares, "Armoid", from this world. May your spirit find peace in the halls of immortality..." Vigil silently said, staring at the carcass of the dead Sentinel. There will be no rituals for him because of his double crossing. One Sentinel down.

"Come on, brother. This battle isn't over yet. Defender is tough. He'll be back, once he's healed, he'll catch up to us. We have to go see if the rebels are alright." Gladius was far ahead of him. Gladius ran off away from Alex. In his mind, all he saw was the war, and Eternity City' liberation. He felt he could defeat any Sentinel that will come his way. Gladius smacked all Ancient he could see, defeating them in one hit, and not giving them a chance to hit back. Vigil was also doing well, his hits doing more damage than before. So this is what i call adrenaline rush.

"Right! Let's rejoin Vigil and Sword and Shield!" a shout arose from his side. He looked at that direction and saw Speculum in his Grovyle form, and a hooded figure, leading the rebels. Could this be Rey? Gladius was momentarily distracted, but that moment proved to be disastrous. A Kabutops managed to pin him down on the ground with its scythes. An Anorith scuttled beside him and sent a Rock Blast, smack right in his face.

"Ow!" Gladius cried out in pain as each rock hit him. Even though it is small, the Anorith could do so much damage on him. Gladius tried wriggling free of the Kabutop's scythe, but it was pressing much harder. He felt his skin break, and a trickle of wet blood flow down his back. Is this how I am going to die? A Carracosta saw the commotion and approached the pinned Gold Tribe member. Now he was out of the view of the others. He must do this alone, or die. The Carracosta bit down on top of the Snorlax' head. He roared in pain.

Penance shoveled down the last of the oran berries and squirmed as the Chansey finished looking him over. "Alright. Most of your injuries aren't as serious now. The arm will have to stay in the splint until it heals and it looks like your ribs are healed. The berries are still working on fixing your body so as long as you don't get pummeled you should be back to perfect health in a few minutes. Just make sure not to get hit too hard in you arm and ribs. They will still be very tender after they are healed and a powerful attack could break them again. Other than that there's nothing more I can do."

Penance gave her a quick thank you as he started off to where the battle was. As he ran through the area Penance suddenly felt very fatigued. He managed to lean against a wall and panted. Looking around he noticed the bodies of both Soldiers and Ancients littered around. The fighting wasn't too far away, but for now he had to catch his breath.

Penance forced himself to stand back on his feet and took deep, slow breaths. He had to pace himself. The Chansey had said that the berries were still working. At the present he just had to make sure his only opponents were the Ancients. Once the berries healed him he could find his brothers and help them take out the other Sentinels. He steadied himself and continued running until he saw the Ancients. Penance shot out some water pulses and began moving through the chaos.

Penance made sure to stay on his guard and not get swarmed as he moved around the battlefield. Just as he finished sending a water pulse at a Aerodactyl Penance spotted Vigil in the crowd. "Vigil!" Penance shouted. At that moment a Kabutops charged at him and attempted to slice him with its scythes. Penance barely dodged the attack as the Kabutops instead sliced through Penance's splint. Penance jumped back and moved his arm blinking in suprise. Looked like the berries had finished their job. "Thanks for that!" Penance shouted at the Ancient before blasting it with a water pulse. Penance concentrated and grabbed an Omastar with his confusion attack and slammed it onto the ground. He didn't even feel an inch of fatigue.

"Vigil, I'm going to find the others!" He shouted as he moved through the crowd, blasting any ancients that blocked his path. Penance suddenly heard a roar of pain. He looked over and saw Sword and Shield being pinned by some Ancients with a Carracosta biting his head. "Hey leave him alone!" Penance shouted as he shout out multiple water pulses at the Ancients. Most of them turned and headed straight for Penance. Penance grabbed the Carracosta with confusion and slammed its body into the other ancients, knocking them off of Sword and Shield. As Penance finished up with the Ancients he suddenly saw some fire in the middle of the battlefied. None of the ancients knew fire attacks and none of his brothers knew fire attacks either, that meant that he had just found the second sentinel! "Sword and Shield head to the fire! It's a Sentinel!" He shouted as he ran to where he had last seen the flames.

Ignitus tried to dodge the bolt of lightning streaking towards her, and was quite unsuccesful at it. The thunder hit her and blasted her a few feet backwards, making her land on her back, and skidding a few feet. By quite a stroke of luck, the thunder attack had actually pushed her just out of the way of another round of psyco cuts coming from the gallade. Ignitus quickly rolled onto her feet again and pushed herself up, only to fall to her knees again, a future sight attack dealing a painful blow. By the time that she got to her feet once again, the absol had joined the battle, and the gallade had used double team once again and multiple gallades were charging towards her, coming in for an attack.

It was too fast and too well executed of an attack to dodge, and there was no time for another overheat. Ignitus would have to try her luck in finding the right one this time, before the right one found her. She used a flame charge, aiming towards one, only to pass right through it. The illusion dissapitated as if it was only thin air to begin with. Spinning quickly, she used flamethrower to try to score a collateral on two other Gallades, but she had guessed wrong again, as the two fakes disappeared into nonexistance. Just as the two fakes vanished, the real Gallade struck her in the side with his bracer, tinged purple with poison, throwing her a few feet, leaving her with a nasty bruise on her side.

Ignitus noticed that so far, the absol had stayed out of the battle for the most part. Probably because he did not know which Gallade was real either, and he would not want to hurt another Gold Tribe member. Perhaps she could use this somehow, use their own attacks against them. It would be risky, but if she could manuever herself and them correctly, she might be able to get some of the ranged attacks to strike each other instead of her.

She quickly rolled to her feet once more, prepared to put her plan into action. Now that all the illusion Gallades were gone, Ignitus could see that the real one was still trying to attack her, and the absol seemed to be chargin in as well. When the Gallade tried to take a swipe at her, she rolled under the attack past the Gallade and then quickly turned and launched some more shadow balls while the pokemon's back was turned. Not having time to see if the attack hit, she turned 180 degrees towards the absol, and launched a flame thrower to drive the absol back some more and give her a little more breathing room. Now she kept both opponents in her peripheral vision, one on each side of her. Now she waited for their moves...

The weight of several Ancients were unbearable, especially if one of them is biting your head, another pinning him down with his sharp scythes and another sending Rock Blasts on his face. Within moments, Gladius felt hot blood flowing from his nose.

"Hey leave him alone!" a voice said from afar. A nearly unconscious Gladius heard it. It sounds so familiar. A few moments later, he felt several drops of water on him. The weight on his whole body seemed to be lifted. With much effort, Gladius tried to open his eyes.

Defender was well already. Apparently, the Alpha Alliance medics were good at what they do, having Defender up and running again, after a few hours. The Golduck fired off a confusion attack, sending the Carracosta slamming with its tribe. Gladius could have given the Golduck a small smile, of not for the pain he is feeling his whole face. Defender looked up to a distance.

"Sword and Shield head to the fire! It's a Sentinel!" Defender shouted, clearly oblivious to the fact that Gladius is lying on the mud, bleeding. Defender ran off. Gladius assumed that his brother is going to assist in defeating yet another Sentinel. Armoid was down. Gladius hoped that was enough to turn the tides.

He tried to stand up, despite being battered and bruised. He winced in pain, as his body inched upward. "Arceus sake, why now?" Gladius' face is twisted in pain. He stood erect, blood pouring from his face, his right eye was swollen, his left arm limp. I survived a Sentinel skirmish, and yet I nearly died in the hands of a mere ancient? With the true pride of a Gold Tribe member, Gladius started to walk, even if every bone in his body shrieked in protest. A fire erupted to where Defender ran off. That is where I am suppose to go. And he continued, fueled by his Gold Tribe pride.

Penance had been running when the ground suddenly shook with a loud thud. At first Penance looked around, wondering if another Sentinel had showed up, and then he spotted Sword and Shield face down on the ground. Penance groaned and ran to his brother. He shook his shoulder, "Sword and Shield get up! Come on! You've been though much more than this!" He reached under the Snorlax and tried to push him up but his brother's weight alone caused Penance to fall down on his rump. "Okay... *pant*... you're heavy."

The ancients that had been fighting nearby noticed Sword and Shield and began heading toward the two. Penance groaned, "Oh, come on!" He readied some water pulses and fired them off of the growing crowd. The only problem was that with Sword and Shield's big body he had to constantly run around blasting any ancients that got too close. Penance suddenly had an idea and began to climb on top of the Snorlax, "Sorry for this brother."

Now on the high ground Penance was able to cover all the areas of Sword and Shield. For a while he was just throwing water pulses when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his right arm. Penance cried out in pain but still sent out water pulses with his good hand. The oran berries had healed his injuries, but his energy was still drained from his fight with Beserker. He had to pace himself, if he didn't he would join Sword and Shield on the ground. He managed to throw some Omastar with his Confusion attack when his vision began to sway. Penance shook his head and continued firing off water pulses with is good hand, every so often using his right hand to fire off a pulse.

It seemed that Penance's efforts were in vain though. For each ancient he knocked down two more took its place. Some soldiers had finally noticed his dilemna and were trying to stem the flow of ancients heading to Sword and Shield but they were vastly outnumbered. Penance breathing slowly descended from light panting to heavy gasping breaths. He had never fought so many ancients before, but he needed to protect Sword and Shield!

Vigil, Hoodhide, Calmity... Someone... anyone.

All Penance could do for now was continue attacking and hope that he wouldn't black out again.

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